No fewer than 300 Lagos-bound train passengers were stranded in Abeokuta on Thursday following an early morning down pour which washed away the rail track at Lafenwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that power supply in Nigeria will be among the best 20 in the world in the next eight years. The president gave the assurance on Thursday in Lagos at the 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Manufacturers Associatio...
The House of Representatives on Thursday called on DANA Airline to pay 171 dollars being 30 per cent compensation to the families of the victims of the recent crash. The House in its resolution in Abuja said the compensation became necessary in l...
A female Army officer and three other personnel of the Oyo State Security Outfit, ``Operation Burst,’’ on Thursday died in a ghastly motor accident on the UI-Sango Road in Ibadan, the state capital. The incident, which involved ...
The Abuja NNPC mega station on Thursday said it had no kerosene to sell because of the curfew imposed in Kaduna State following the recent attacks on churches and reprisals by Christian youths. The station has had no stock of the product for almost a w...
Unknown assailants on Wednesday killed Mr John Daring, PDP Chairman in Sharubutu Ward of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau. Also killed by the attackers, who struck at Rim, a village in the area, were Daring's wife and their child. ``The name ...
The total value of shares traded by investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dipped by 94 per cent on Thursday as 160.38 million shares worth N1.014 billion were traded in 3,208 deals. This was against 4.5 billion shares valued at N17...
Now Muzik, Nigeria’s leading artiste management outfit has confirmed that former ‘Plantashun Boy’, Faze has joined the league of artistes been managed by the company. Efe Omorogbe CEO of Now Muzik, tells NET exclusively ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the insurance mandate in President Obama’s healthcare law, a stinging defeat for conservatives who had insisted the law is unconstitutional. The decision vindicates Obama and congressional Democrats, who maint...
Former President Laurent Gbagbo’s family has challenged the continuous detention of the ex-president’s son, Michel, who has a double nationality, French and Ivorian. Habiba Toure, the former president’s family lawyer, on Thursday said...
The six members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), suspended for alleged anti-party activities on Thursday, failed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the party. The Chairman of the seven-man committee, Alhaji Tayo Sowumi, made th...
Magistraste T.O. Abolarinwa, of an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday ordered that Amechi Uche, 40, be remanded in police custody, pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Uche was standing trial on a one-co...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday alerted the public on the activities of fraudsters using the names of ranking officials of the agency to obtain money from unsuspecting Nigerians. This is containe...
Assailants on Wednesday struck at Rim in Riyom Loal Government Area of Plateau, killing Mr John Daring, PDP Chairman in Sharubutu ward, his wife and a child. Police spokesman Abu Emmanuel confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Th...
The Plateau State Government indicated on Thursday it would partner with University of Jos on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), research works and training. Pastor Yiljap Abraham, the Information Commissioner, stated this&n...